Author: Justin Knight
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More Together: What Does Cooperation Accomplish?
This an article I wrote in 2015 for our Tri-County Baptist Association’s newsletter. The percentages have changed a little, but the mission has not. —————————————– There is an important number in our church’s budget. To me, it’s just as important as the bottom line. It’s the number 12. 12% of our…
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Our Buddy
Seven years ago (January 21, 2017) my uncle Buddy Temple passed away. He struggled his entire adult life with mental illness and led a difficult and lonely life because of it. I wrote this as I sat by his hospital bed, just hours before he left us. I share it here because I…
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Sharing The Struggles
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. – II Corinthians 1:5 I prayed a strange prayer when I was sixteen years old. That was the year that I first began feeling the Lord’s call to ministry. What…
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On My Honor
The day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head. – Obadiah 1:15 The story is told that one day President Abraham Lincoln was riding in a coach with a colonel from…
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The Winter Marathon
It’s been several months since I’ve posted anything to Between The Ditches, and I apologize. The months of October through January are what I’ve termed “the marathon” at my church. The marathon begins with our annual presentation of “Judgement House” at the end of October; which takes the whole month to…
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In The Spotlight
Note: This devotional was written in 2017, so the news is out of date but the message is certainly still relevant. “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.” – Luke 16:10 If…
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Wicked Pride
You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it…
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Confident In Life And Mission
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” – John 20:21-22 In these two short verses we find everything we need in order to live as faithful witnesses…
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Unheard
“To answer before listening – that is folly and shame.” – Proverbs 18:13 You might find it unbelievable, but one of the major frustrations of the pastoral ministry is feeling like your words are unheard. You might think that the uninterrupted half hour of preaching I get to do…
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His Unseen Hand
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. – Isaiah 43:19 A good show might have singers, dancers, and actors, but behind the curtain is an army that works…
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